TOO MANY PROJECTS GOING AT ONE TIME!!!

It seems like I just can't get my mind to stay focused on one thing sometimes.  Surely I am not alone in this problem.  There are just so many things I want to do (crafts and things like that, not housework and things like that) and I find myself jumping from one to the other without totally finishing any of them.  I am going to blame it on the weather.  It is still the tootiest long, hot summer I can ever remember.  I am just praying that hurricane Lee will be kind to New Orleans and surrounding areas but give us at least three or more inches of rain along with some cooler temps in the next few days up here in the middle of Mississippi.   Thank God our oldest daughter's inlaws faired well in Rye, New York last week when Irene roared up the east coast. 

If it gets COOLER and rainy, I am totally ready.  I have gathered a huge wash tub of pine cones for a project that I am about half through with.  Maybe I can get it finished in a week or so.  It is a messy project that has to be done outside and I can't wait to blog it, just not yet.  I hope it will turn out like I think it will.   

If it stays HOT and rainy, then I will have to work indoors and finish a huge sewing project I have been working on for several months.  It really needs to be finished by mid October and I will have to really boogie to get it done by then.  Several days ago there was the crazy urge from out of the blue to paint some fabric for a pillow top.  So now that is laying around half done until I can remember to buy the pillow form or re-purpose one I have laying around the house. 

 One project we did finish (actually, Johnny did this one) was to rescue a thrown away slide which was perfectly good, except for a missing leg.  So, being the handyman that he is, Johnny performed surgery on it and Baker and Sidney had tons of fun before taking it home and using it in the swimming pool - even more fun.  Yippee and it was FREE!

Baker especially enjoyed the other project I did manage to finish - the floorcloth.  Perfect for putting his train track together on, even though it was about 100 degrees on the back porch at the time.  Kids don't really care.

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

I saw an interesting, cheap idea the other day at an antique shop.  It was an old chair with a torn up caned seat.  Someone long time ago had re-purposed some old rags and wove a new seat.  It was so cute!  So, here is my version for my old porch rocker with a ratty seat.  Actually I wish I had used monochromatic colors in dull tones.  I may redo it when it's time for another new project.  That would be NO TIME SOON.  Anyway, if you have an old chair that needs a seat, drag out the rag bag and put one in.  It is FREE.

Have a wonderful, safe labor day and enjoy making something.